World Poker Tour news
Building cash for future opportunities The World Poker Tour has its fifth home. On Tuesday, Allied Esports Entertainment announced that it has agreed to sell the WPT and its related assets to Element Partners LLC, a private investment company, for $78.25 million. The bulk of Element’s payment – $68.25 million – will be in cash,… Read more »
When the outbreak of COVID-19 was first discovered in 2020, many didn’t think much of it, that there wouldn’t be any impact on “normal” life. As we know now, in the early stages of 2021, that wasn’t the case. Many things were shut down last year, including much of the tournament poker world. Now, the… Read more »
The march of major live poker tournaments going online continues, this time, with the World Poker Tour. This one is a bit different, though, as the WPT has created both a new online-only event, not related to anything that was previously planned to be live, and has made it an official part of the Main… Read more »
The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has completely thrown the live poker world, not to mention the tournament poker world, into total chaos. That was somewhat soothed by the World Series of Poker taking some of their events online. Now, the World Poker Tour is looking to pull off the same trick, taking their popular… Read more »
On Wednesday, the World Poker Tour announced the creation of WPT Online India Powered by Adda52.com. The tournament series will run November 5-22 and will feature 154 events and INR 135 million ($1.838 million) in guaranteed prize pools. The Main Event will begin on November 11 and will give players ample opportunity to participate with… Read more »
Sexton Was the WPT I highly doubt I am ever going to be honored by any of my places of employment. I mean, Dan Katz’s Poker News Daily sounds incredible and, frankly, better than the current, boring name, but it’s just a pipe dream. The closest I’ll ever get to having my name on something… Read more »
While the live poker world takes its first tenuous steps towards trying to return to some semblance of normal, the World Poker Tour is trying to keep their people busy over the summer. Joining up with partypoker, the WPT will offer the inaugural WPT World Online Championships, a series of poker tournaments with guaranteed prize… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) and partypoker have announced yet another team-up for an online poker tournament offering, this time with a one-off tourney instead of an expanded tournament series. The new “WPT Online Poker Open powered by partypoker US Network” is open only to players in New Jersey on BorgataPoker.com, BetMGMPoker.com or NJ.PartyPoker.com. Participants… Read more »
The COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent shutdown of pretty much all activity has come as a surprise to many businesses. Although the World Poker Tour has seen their live tournaments around the world shut down, they have been able to tread water well. How? By shifting their attention to online activities and working on improving their… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced on Tuesday that it is taking WPTDeepStacks events to the Spanish and French iterations of partypoker for the first time. The festivities begin this coming weekend on April 5th and will run through April 20th. “WPTDeepStacks and partypoker are bringing wonderful new tournaments for online players in France and… Read more »
Even small gatherings aren’t a good idea The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced on Tuesday that it is postponing this season’s televised final tables because of the coronavirus pandemic. Three final tables were scheduled to be held at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas inside the Luxor from March 31st through April 2nd. The WPT… Read more »
Amid the current worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, many countries, cities and even individual businesses have announced how they are handling the situation. The world of poker is feeling the effects of these shutdowns, with casinos in Las Vegas shutting down sports books and poker rooms and individual tournaments coming to a standstill. One… Read more »
Tony Tran won the World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder Main Event Tuesday, beating his friend Jake Schwartz for the title. For the victory over a field of 250 entries, Tran won $279,270. It is the second WPT crown of his career. The most fascinating part of Tran’s triumph is that it came over Schwartz. In… Read more »
There are just a few tables left in the $5,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event as the tournament heads into its third day. Jake Schwartz is the chip leader of the remaining 32 players with 965,000 chips. He had nearly a 200,000 chip lead over defending champ and reigning WPT Player of… Read more »
The World Poker Tour wasted little time getting back into action. The final leg of what used to be the “California Swing” of the WPT season (the L. A. Poker Classic and the WPT Shooting Star at Bay 101 were the other two legs), the WPT Rolling Thunder at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in… Read more »
In what turned out to be a rather quick Wednesday for the survivors of the World Poker Tour’s stop at the L. A. Poker Classic, the final table of six has been determined. There are some familiar names on the board, but they’ll be looking up at Balakrishna Patur and his 6.32 million stack. Instead… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic Main Event is down to just eleven players going into Day 5 with Isaac Baron in the lead, holding 2.970 million chips. Wednesday could be a short day, as the field will be narrowed to six players. The remaining field is extremely strong, with four past World… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is going “old school” this weekend, harkening back to the days when tournament poker was “may the best man win” and you actually had to think about your actions! The WPT’s yearly stop at the Commerce Casino for the 2020 WPT L. A. Poker Classic has drawn out the players once… Read more »
Amid a flurry of poker tournaments staged over the past couple of weeks, the World Poker Tour has arguably left the most prestigious one for last. The WPT L. A. Poker Classic (known by the acronym LAPC) is a venerable stop on the circuit that will begin action on Saturday, bringing back a nostalgia for… Read more »
Eric Afriat may have garnered more attention by earning his third career World Poker Tour bracelet at the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic on Sunday, but there was a second WPT champ crowned that very same day across the Atlantic. Christopher Puetz won the WPT Germany Main Event, the first time he has ever won a… Read more »
Eric Afriat was the short stack of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Fallsview Poker Classic with ten players remaining. He was the short stack going into the official six-handed final table. But as we know in poker, all it takes is “a chip and a chair.” Afriat came back from the brink to take the… Read more »
Seems like they tried to sneak it in on the world of poker, but the World Poker Tour will have two final tables going on this Sunday. As the players battle it out in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for the WPT Germany (don’t ask), those in North America will be taking on the challenge of the… Read more »
After initially beginning with some smallish opening day fields, the 2020 World Poker Tour Germany stop at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, has reached its final table with some impressive numbers along the way. There’s a few notable names on that leaderboard for Sunday’s final table, with Gianluca Speranza leading the way and… Read more »
The World Poker Tour obviously has a sense of humor. The WPT has stopped at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for the WPT Germany (??) this weekend, wrapping up their three-Day Ones on Thursday. Coming from the largest of the three starting days, Hoang Pham took advantage of the large Day 1C field… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for WPT…Germany? Yes, the WPT Germany Main Event is underway, with the second of three starting flights coming to a close Wednesday. Laszlo Papai goes into Day 2 as the chip leader, coming out of Day 1A with 246,900 chips. Josef Gulas, the… Read more »
